Canterbury, St Paul
Photo: Richard Offen, 2007 |
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Details of the Bells |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Canons | Retuned | ||
҂ | 1 | 3-1-11 | 26⅛" | E | 1661 | Thomas Palmar I | 1987 Whitechapel Bell Foundry | ||
҂ | 2 | 4-1-8 | 28¾" | D | 1661 | Thomas Palmar I | 1987 Whitechapel Bell Foundry | ||
҂ | 3 | 6-2-7 | 32" | C | 1987 | Whitechapel Bell Foundry | 1987 Whitechapel Bell Foundry |
Inscriptions |
Former bells. |
Bell | Weight (most recent) | Diameter | Note | Date | Founder | Retuned | Fate | |
Tenor | 6½ cwt approx. | 32" | c 1420 | William Dawe | Never | Recast 1902 as 'spoke with cracked and husky tone' (Kentish Gazette 1901) | ||
Tenor | 7 cwt approx. | 31⅞" | C♯ | 1902 | Samuel B. Goslin | Never | Recast 1987 |
History |
c | 1420 | Tenor cast. | |
1552 | Record of 3 bells plus a clock bell. | ||
1661 | Bells 1 and 2 recast by Thomas Palmar I. | ||
c | 1850 | Tower largely rebuilt with the frame and bells reinstated. | |
1887 | Stahlschmidt records 3 bells only. | ||
1902 | Tenor recast with facsimile inscription and the bells rehung by Samuel Goslin. The ropes had huge fat sallies. [1] | ||
1987 | Tenor again recast with facsimile inscription, the trebles were tuned and all were refitted for swing chiming (levers) by Whitechapel and rehung by the KCACR. [2] |
[1] | The tenor 'spoke with cracked and husky tone' (Kentish Gazette 1901). (Kentish Gazette 1901) |
[2] | The reproduced inscription on the new Tenor Bell is a reproduction of what the late Mr Goslin reproduced. As Alan Hughes remarked, "You can read it quite clearly if you know what it says". The 1902 inscription was repeated in Whitechapel’s usual type. And of the old tenor, the late Dennis Chapman said it sounded like a cannon going off. (Recollections from David Cawley, 2017) |
Newspaper article |
Elsewhere in the Parish |
Canterbury, Christ Church College Chapel | |
Canterbury, St Augustine's College Single bell hung for swing chiming with levers |
Love's Guide to the Church Bells of Kent | Page updated: 22 May 2016 |